diff --git a/docs/contrib.rst b/docs/contrib.rst
index 7332f155..832d5666 100644
--- a/docs/contrib.rst
+++ b/docs/contrib.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ If you are using Celery you may choose between two different Celery checks.
 
 `health_check.contrib.celery` sends a task to the queue and it expects that task
 to be executed in `HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_TIMEOUT` seconds which by default is three seconds.
+The task is sent with a priority of `HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PRIORITY` (default priority by default).
 You may override that in your Django settings module. This check is suitable for use cases
 which require that tasks can be processed frequently all the time.
 
diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index f17c1dbc..dbb117c6 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ Using `django.settings` you may exert more fine-grained control over the behavio
      - Number
      - `3`
      - Specifies the maximum total time for a task to complete and return a result, including queue time.
+   * - `HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PRIORITY`
+     - Number
+     - `None`
+     - Specifies the healthcheck task priority.
diff --git a/health_check/contrib/celery/backends.py b/health_check/contrib/celery/backends.py
index 77afbdc5..431f7a09 100644
--- a/health_check/contrib/celery/backends.py
+++ b/health_check/contrib/celery/backends.py
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ def check_status(self):
         timeout = getattr(settings, "HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_TIMEOUT", 3)
         result_timeout = getattr(settings, "HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_RESULT_TIMEOUT", timeout)
         queue_timeout = getattr(settings, "HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_QUEUE_TIMEOUT", timeout)
+        priority = getattr(settings, "HEALTHCHECK_CELERY_PRIORITY", None)
 
         try:
             result = add.apply_async(
-                args=[4, 4], expires=queue_timeout, queue=self.queue
+                args=[4, 4], expires=queue_timeout, queue=self.queue, priority=priority
             )
             result.get(timeout=result_timeout)
             if result.result != 8: